Category: Motivation

Here's some word vomit: I'm not strong enough to face my battles. I'm not strong enough to conquer them. I'm not strong enough to stand on my own two feet and push through the headwind of my struggles. I'll fall to my back with an open, vulnerable belly. I'll fail if I fight. I'm not strong enough to ...

Mornings are beautiful. Mornings are gorgeous. Mornings are divine. Not enough people think so though. It's part of our society to bash mornings because those initial moments aren't comfortable. It's hard to wake up. It's hard to see the beauty of the morning. When your head is hunched over your coffee, when you're squinting in the sun on ...

On this blog, we've covered what to do with a dark day, a sad day, a frustrating day but we haven't touched on what to do with a bright day. Not every day is about overcoming struggles but it's a lot easier to ignore the good days. Isn't it? So, what do you do when the sun is ...

It's another overcast day. Shocking! The last few weeks...okay months here in Chicago have been remarkably cloudy and not your cotton balls in the sky kinda cloud. More like a layer of slimy riverbed has been chucked into the air. Some days you're lucky if there's a difference between night and day. Okay, a little ...

Get up. Don't hit snooze. Don't sit in bed for an hour fiddling with your phone. Don't close your eyes and think about trying to fall asleep. Just get up. Throw off the covers, even if it's ice cold, stand up, get dressed, get some food and get some coffee. Just like that. Bam, bam, ...

Trusting anything is hard whether we like to admit it or not. It's always a gamble. That's not to say it won't work out or that it's bound to fail, but it is always a gamble. When we think of trust our minds often jump to one thing: trusting people. The second thing we think of ...

I don't think I need to tell anyone to do this twice but...go soak up the sun! Enjoy it. Put on some black clothes, lather up in sunscreen if it's actually warm, put on some glasses and soak it up. But nothing on this blog is that simple so let's examine. Let's say it's summertime. 90 ...

This will happen. If it hasn't happened already, it will. There will be a day when BAM nothing you do works out. The coffee grinder doesn't work, the coffee or tea spills, suddenly the clothes are all piled up, your creativity decides not to show up to work. You name it, it'll feel like it won't ...

Well, first of all, deal with it. Boy does that sound awful. But really, the first thing you have to do is deal with it. Dealing with it means a couple things and it's easier when you know what those things are. Otherwise, you won't know you're doing them. You won't know they're holding you ...